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mich169

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Mich , i think guys arent answering because they have absolutely no info as to what you have other than a 4mm stock cyl. If its a stock cyl with a stock head you can either lowere the cylinder and head with a thinner base gasket or have the head milled and raise the compression. Both those things do different things to power and compression. It really depends on what the motor really is. A motor with 90 psi may just be wore out, but we have no info. Also a motor with 90psi will barely start.

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there are things you can do to raise the compression, but if you are only at 75, you have a problem that needs to be fixed before you do anything like shaving the head or playing with gaskets. maybe the wrong size of gasket was used to begin with, in that case, just switch it out for the proper one.

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are you sure the tester is sealed and working properly and have kicked it over untill the needle on the tester stops? your compression sould be higher than that without lowering the head. i would say an easy 125 if the bike runs ok

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if the bike starts and runs its not 75lbs of comp after about 90 they wont kick start anymore.

 

who built it? maybe you should go talk to them.. if its just some buddy you paid with beer or cheese burgers that might be your problem. .58 is pretty loose on squish also but 75lbs is really low//

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if the bike starts and runs its not 75lbs of comp after about 90 they wont kick start anymore.

 

who built it? maybe you should go talk to them.. if its just some buddy you paid with beer or cheese burgers that might be your problem. .58 is pretty loose on squish also but 75lbs is really low//

 

way to go and dig this one up Cam.. you must have gotten bored.. lol

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